The temperature on April 3, 1878 was about 6.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage June 13, 1912
The temperature on June 13, 1912 was between 11.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
Day of death December 25, 1958
The temperature on December 25, 1958 was between 1.0 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
September 2 » United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
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